Richmond Heights City Council votes against Edyta Postolowicz for Ward 2 seat

In a 5-1 vote Monday night, Richmond Heights City Council voted against appointing Edyta Postolowicz to fill the Ward 2 council seat vacated by Russell Johnson on Dec. 1.
The vote came after an executive session during which Postolowicz was interviewed by council.
Postolowicz ran for one of the two at-large seats in the November election, but finished third behind Juanita Lewis and Donald O’Toole. She is a 10-year resident of Ward 2 in Richmond Heights.
In her election questionnaire, Postolowicz said she would like to make city government more transparent and accessible by recording and podcasting city meetings so residents “can be more informed and engaged at their convenience.”
She also said she wanted to modernize and simplify the city’s recycling services as well as bring new families into the city.
Several of Postolowicz’s neighbors came out to the meeting to show support for her nomination.
One neighbor called her a “highly visible” part of the community.
Postolowicz said as a resident of Ward 2, she knows just about everyone in her immediate neighborhood, as well as most of the other neighbors in her Ward.
“I can recognize most of my neighbors on the street,” she said.
“We share certain concerns and certain needs like the late leaf pick up this year.”
Postolowicz was nominated by newly elected Mayor Miesha Wilson Headen before last week’s city council meeting.
Headen said Postolowicz was the best and most qualified candidate for the job and said she has shown “tremendous commitment” to the Richmond Heights community.
O’Toole said it was his impression that it would be “very difficult for Postolowicz to assimilate to council.”
He said Postolowicz had little knowledge of the city’s finances and he thinks most of council felt the same way.
Newly elected at-large council member Juanita Lewis was the only council member who voted in favor of Postolowicz’s appointment.
Headen said she has two candidates in mind to fill the Ward 2 seat.